According to Screen Daily, Anthony Hopkins has been set as lead in THE SPECIES film on Charles Darwin with Charlotte Rampling as his wife. Justin Chadwick is directing the film that will also have Billy Howle and Tom Hollander in the cast. With Hopkins as the Victorian biologist, Rampling will play his wife Emma who finds herself as a widow on a late life journey of self-discovery as she faces a challenge to her faith in the form of her beloved atheist husband’s as-yet unpublished autobiography.
It is a very slow weekend in news business, so I will entertain you with posters and trailers for two new dramas, beginning with THE BIRTHDAY
Birthday Cake is currently available
CAKE which has Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, Penn Badgley and Shiloh Fernandez in the cast. The film, which is currently out in USA, UK and Russia, begins with the 10th anniversary of Giovanni's (Shiloh Fernandez) father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of carrying on the family tradition of bringing a cake to the home of his Uncle Angelo, Brooklyn's last Mafia boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Giovanni's life is forever changed and he's forced to grow up after witnessing murder, violence, chaos and the truth about what happened to his father. Check out the trailer below:
JUNIPER TRAILER & POSTER
WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
Meanwhile, a new poster has been released for Charlotte Rampling's drama JUNIPER for which the spy has shown you a trailer
Juniper does not have a release date yet
a few months ago. The film, both written and directed by Matthew Saville (he previously directed fantasy shows Spartacus and Legend of the Seeker Down Under), only has a New Zealand release date in late August, but it did visit a number of movie festivals. Here is the plot of the film which also stars Marton Csokas, George Ferrier and Carlos Muller: When a self destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around. Check out the first trailer below:
Pate has released a naughty first trailer for Paul Verhoeven's new movie BENEDETTA which will premiere at this year's Cannes in July. Based on a book by
The film is based on a true story book by Judith C. Brown
and controversy in telling its story. There is also a white version poster which is so naughty I could not publish it here, but you can Google it to see Efira's boob peeking under her nun gown :) Oh, the scandal! And the sweetness of it.
Two first looks for you today, beginning with first photos from THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER movie adaptation of Jojo Moyes' popular novel in which Shailene Woodley plays a woman called Jennifer Stirling who loses her memory after a car accident, but later discovers letters
Shailene Woodley and Callum Turner in the movie
about a love affair she had with a journalist called Anthony O'Hare (Callum Turner)! Jennifer is married to wealthy and powerful husband Laurence (Joe Alwyn), and the letters are discovered decades later by journalist Ellie
Felicity Jones and Nabhaan Rizwan
Haworth (Felicity Jones). She pieces them together with the help of archivist Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan), leading to a journey that will entangle the two women's lives forever.
1ST JUNIPER DRAMA PHOTO
WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
Who will star together with Marton Csokas in drama movie directed by Matthew Saville, JUNIPER. When a self-destructive teenager is suspended
Matthew Saville is both writing and directing Juniper
from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
1ST EWAN MCGREGOR PHOTO
FROM HALSTON TV SERIES
There is also the first, rather glamorous look of Ewan McGregor in mini TV series HALSTON in which he plays the famous fashion designer.
It tracks Halston as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide
The series will air next year in five hourlong episodes
fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era.
The series arrives sometime next year.
Ewan McGregor will be wearing glamorous costumes in the series
I'm guessing he has waited for this role all his life: as 'Deadline' reports Dwayne Johnson will play Hawaiian king Kamehameha in Robert Zemeckis directed epic adventure THE KING based on the script from Braveheart's Randall Wallace!
Kamehameha is the legendary king who was the first to unite the
warring Hawaiian islands, which fulfilled the prophecy that surrounded
his fabled life since birth. He took control of Hawaii’s destiny, and
gave the islanders leverage in advancing the culture in trading with the
foreign ships from Europe that began showing up on the shores of
islands that must have seemed like paradise, albeit a sometimes
dangerous one as explorers like Simon Metcalfe and Captain James Cook
discovered before Kamehameha forcibly unified the islands.
1ST 'BENEDETTA' PHOTO
FROM PAUL VERHOEVEN'S 17TH CENTURY LESBIAN NUNS DRAMA
You can also check out the first photo of Virginie Efira in Paul Verhoeven's historical drama BENEDETTA (aka Blessed Virgin) also starring Charlotte Rampling and LambertWilson. Efira plays Benedetta
The movie should cinemas next year, currently shooting!
Carlini, a novice nun capable of performing miracles, who joins an Italian convent in the late 17th century, as plague is ravaging the land.
While at the convent she begins a love affair with another woman.
FOR MATTHEW BRODERICK, AIDAN TURNER, CHLOE SEVIGNY MOVIE
Look Away doesn't yet have a release date
Not much to show you today, spylings, just two new posters. The first one has been published for LOOK AWAY drama starring Poldark's Aidan Turner, Benjamin Walker, Matthew Broderick, Chloe Sevigny, which should be out sometime this year.
LOOK AWAY is a funny and irresistible story of a young girl who
literally cannot see or hear her mother, even though she is living with
her under the same roof. With the help of an eccentric psychiatrist, and
a local, accidental hero, our heroine has to grow up, but falls in love
and eventually takes hold of her future - despite not being able to see
what's right in front of her.
'LITTLE STRANGER' POSTER
FOR DOMHNALL GLEESON AND CHARLOTE RAMPLING DRAMA
Two weeks ago I showed you the first poster and trailer, and now we have the second poster for THE LITTLE STRANGER which is out in cinemas this
The movie is out at the end of summer
August and September
starring Domhnall Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter and Ruth Wilson.
THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a
housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country
doctor. During the long hot summer of 1947, he is called to a patient at
Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to
the Ayres family for more than two centuries. But it is now in decline
and its inhabitants - mother, son and daughter - are haunted by
something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his
new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how terrifyingly, the
family's story is about to become entwined with his own.
First stop in our Period Set Monday is the first trailer for 1940's thriller THE LITTLE STRANGER which is out in cinemas this August and September
The Little Stranger arrives to cinemas this August
starring Domhnall Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter and Ruth Wilson.
THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a
housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country
doctor. During the long hot summer of 1947, he is called to a patient at
Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to
the Ayres family for more than two centuries. But it is now in decline
and its inhabitants - mother, son and daughter - are haunted by
something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his
new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how terrifyingly, the
family's story is about to become entwined with his own.
'MARY SHELLEY' POSTER
HER GREATEST LOVE INSPIRED HER DARKEST CREATION
Meanwhile, a new poster (below) has been released for July costume drama MARY SHELLEY in which Elle Fanning plays the famous writer who is
The movie is out in USA, July the rest of the world
remembered as the writer of Frankenstein. But the real life story of Mary Shelley, and the creation of her immortal monster, is nearly as fantastical as her fiction.
Raised by a renowned philosopher father (Stephen Dillane) in 18th century London, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) is a teenage dreamer determined to make her mark on the world when she meets the dashing and brilliant poet Percy Shelley (Douglas Booth).
So begins a torrid, bohemian love affair marked by both passion and
personal tragedy that will transform Mary and fuel the writing of her
Gothic work. Imbued with the imaginative spirit of its heroine, Mary
Shelley brings to life
Mary Shelley is considered to be the mother of modern science fiction
the world of a trailblazing woman who defied
convention and channelled her innermost demons into a legend for the
ages. Ben Hardy, Tom Sturridge, Hugh O'Connor, Jack Hickey play other
famous poets and writers of that time.
In the news from the epic front today, BBC Two is going to adapting Eugene McCabe’s Irish novel DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES into a
The series will have three hourlong episodes
three part historical mini series! It is a story of love, betrayal, deception and revenge, set in the beautiful, haunting countryside of Fermanagh in 1885. It is set in a world of spies, confessions and double dealing; where a pervading sense of beauty is shot through with menace and impending doom, centred around the 25th birthday of Beth Winters - the day she has decided to join the charming Liam Ward and escape from her limited life and difficult and complex relationship with her Protestant landowner stepfather Billy. As decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax, this powerful and gripping drama illuminates tensions that tear both families and nations apart.
'BLESSED VIRGIN' 17TH CENTURY
DRAMA CASTS LAMBERT WILSON AND CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
Lambert Wilson will lead the male part of the cast
We've had quite a few lesbiefriendly projects announced this week, and here's another one and it is period set too! 'Deadline' reports that Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson have joined young actresses Virginie Efira and Daphne Patakia in 17th century erotic thriller BLESSED VIRGIN
To be directed by famous Paul Verhoeven, it will see gorgeous
Virginie Efira playing Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun capable of
performing miracles, who joins an Italian convent in the late 17th
century, as plague is ravaging the land.
Virginie Efira and Charlotte Rampling will star in Blessed Virgin
While at the convent she begins
a love affair with another woman. Steamy and scandalous and delightfully sinful :) The story is,
apparently, based on historical facts about the abbess Carlini.
A number of period set movies will hit upcoming movie festivals and we have first photos today! DAMSEL will air both at Sundance and Berlin Film Festival. It sees Robert Pattinson playing Samuel, a wealthy and
Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska play the happy couple
influential pioneer who traveled across west American Frontiers to marry love of his life Penelope (Mia Wasikowska). Along the journey, he was aided by a
Damsel hits both Berlin and Sundance next month!
drunkard and a miniature horse named Butterscotch. As Samuel continued on his quest, he encountered many obstacles and soon the lines between heroes, damsels and villains are blurred.
'BLACK 47'
SET DURING GREAT FAMINE
Berlin will also see the premiere of Irish revenge story BLACK 47, set during the Great Famine, in which James Frecheville plays Feeney, an Irish
Hugo Weaving leads the cast of the revenge story movie
Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, but he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he
Jim Broadbent and Stephen Rea also star in the movie
is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family. He swears vengeance. His old British Army
The movie was based on a story by P.J. Dillon
comrade Hannah (played by Hugo Weaving) is then dispatched to put an end to Feeney's uprising.
'THE LITTLE STRANGER'
A HAUNTED IRISH MANSION
There's also the first photo from 1947 set Irish drama THE LITTLE STRANGER in which Domnhall Gleeson plays a doctor who, during a hot
The Little Stranger is based on a novel by Sarah Waters
summer in 1947, is called to treat a patient at a haunted country mansion which has been owned by the same family for two centuries. Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling also star!
STARRING AIDAN TURNER, THEO JAMES, JACK REYNOR, ERIC BANA
Two new drama banner posters for you today, starting with the one for THE SECRET SCRIPTURE which hits theatres this May with a stellar cast lead by Rooney Mara who plays a woman that keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital. Aidan Turner, Theo James and Jack Reynor play her lovers, Eric Bana is her doctor, with Vanessa Redgrave playing her older version.
'THE SENSE OF AN ENDING'
WITH BRILLIANT JIM BROADBENT
The other banner poster released is for another drama movie THE SENSE OF AN ENDING which should, based on a novel by Julian Barnes, come into cinemas next month starring Jim Broadbent as a man who becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.Charlotte Rampling, Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery and Emily Mortimer also star.
New trailers from movies with senior actors today, for you, beginning with THE SENSE OF AN ENDING with Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling which also has one of the most beautiful posters this year! Also starring Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery and Billy Howle it is out this March.
It follows Tony Webster (Broadbent), who leads a reclusive and quiet
existence until long buried secrets from his past force him to face the
flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love
(Rampling) and the devastating consequences of decisions made a
lifetime ago! It is based on a Julian Barnes novel.
'GOING IN STYLE' TRAILER
WITH MICHAEL CAINE, ALAN ARKIN AND MORGAN FREEMAN
With a much lighter tone, there is also the first trailer for hilarious comedy GOING IN STYLE which, out this April, stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin as three seniors, who, living social security check to check and even reduced to eating dog food at times, decide they have had enough. So, they plan to rob a bank... problem is, they don't even know how to handle a gun! A social commentary on growing old in America and what we are sometimes driven to, due to circumstances also stars Christopher Lloyd, Ann Margret and Matt Dilon.
JOSH HARTNETT, JOHN RHYS DAVIES & CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
Well this is a rather nice cast: Josh Hartnett has just been joined by two acting legends John Rhys Davies and Charlotte Rampling in sf movie VALLEY OF THE GODS which, as 'Deadline' reports, intertwines the stories of the richest man on earth, an ancient Najavo legend and writer John Ecas (Josh Hartnett), who possesses an unbridled imagination.
John, the film’s narrator, has the ability to alter reality,
launching the narrative into the realm of spectacular fantasy. The film
follows the three narratives as the characters attempt to escape the
inevitable drama that is about to unfold when supernatural visions
ultimately clash with impending reality. Charlotte Rampling is currently
nominated for an Oscar for 45 YEARS, while Davies is playing Elven King
in THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES.
'ROOTS' EPIC TV TRAILER
MALACHI KIRBY, JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS, MATTHEW GOODE
In the video department today, check out the first trailer for History Channel's scripted mini series ROOTS which will be simulcast also on Lifetime and A&E from May 30th! To air in two hour episodes in four days, it is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family and their will to survive and ultimately carry on their legacy despite hardship! With Malachi Kirby playing the lead role of Kunta Kinte, the star studded cast also includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Laurence Fishburne, James Purefoy, Mehki Phifer and Matthew Goode!
Rampling will play his wife Emma who finds herself as a widow on a late life journey of self-discovery as she faces a challenge to her faith in the form of her beloved atheist husband’s as-yet unpublished autobiography.
Rampling will play his wife Emma who finds herself as a widow on a late life journey of self-discovery as she faces a challenge to her faith in the form of her beloved atheist husband’s as-yet unpublished autobiography.
